Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 748 - 746: So, It Was Mutual Love (Second Update)
Even though Da Bao was mentally prepared, he didn’t expect to hear such a direct and explosive confession!
His mind exploded with a "boom," and after a brief disconnect, he finally found his voice again.
"Ji Sihan, are you sure your feelings for me are the same as my feelings for you?"
Before returning to the country, he was already mentally prepared for the road ahead—transforming their sibling-like relationship into one between a man and a woman—he thought it would take a long, long time.
Unexpectedly, it was only a few days after coming back that the little girl gave him a big surprise!
After the joy, he couldn’t help but doubt whether the affection she spoke of was just sibling love.
Nuonuo solemnly nodded, "Of course, my feelings for you are the same as yours for me!"
A sly smile flickered in her eyes, "That night, were you really drunk?"
She had thought he was pretending to be drunk, and that he knew about her kiss.
Now it seemed that he was indeed quite drunk that night.
Da Bao was still immersed in the ecstasy of the confession, and he didn’t quite react when she asked about that night.
"Which night?"
"The night we just returned to the country, when you were drinking with Dad, were you really drunk?"
Nuonuo regretted confessing so quickly, if only she had known he was truly drunk that night, she could have pretended to be reserved!
Of course, the thought of pretending was just a fleeting idea. Considering how much she cared for Da Bao, she couldn’t bear letting him continue to suffer!
Da Bao felt a bit puzzled, "Yes, I was really drunk that night, why? Did something happen that night?"
Nuonuo blinked and shook her head, "No, nothing happened!"
Even though she looked calm and composed, her face gradually turned red.
She felt too shy to tell him that night she had secretly kissed him impulsively.
And moreover, it was without any gestures or explicit confession from him?
Da Bao stared at her, watching her face turn red bit by bit, knowing she was hiding something, but he truly couldn’t remember what happened that night.
It seemed he needed to ask Mommy carefully when he got home.
"Really nothing happened?" Da Bao asked, standing up, walking to Nuonuo’s side, and sitting down next to her.
Before coming in, he just wanted to talk to her face to face.
But after knowing how she felt about him, he couldn’t suppress the desire to get closer to her, to touch her.
"Really nothing happened..." Nuonuo shook her head. As for his sudden action of sitting closer, she instinctively moved to the side.
How could Da Bao allow her to escape again?
Stretching out his long arm, he pulled her into his arms with a firm grip, and his hand, unlike before where he reached for her shoulder, accurately wrapped around her waist.
Nuonuo struggled slightly but was firmly pressed against him by Da Bao’s dominating move.
"Be good, don’t move." Saying this, he gently kissed her on the forehead.
Such righteous intimacy made Da Bao feel very comfortable.
The years of suffocating frustration were like an uncorked champagne bottle, finally released, spraying out with a "pop," leaving behind waves of delightful bubbles, sizzling and flaring in his heart.
"How did you figure it out?"
Da Bao had countless questions in his mind, impatiently wanting to know the answers.
Nuonuo raised her head, her eyes bright.
"Figure out what? That you like me or that I like you?"
Nuonuo’s directness surprised Da Bao. But despite the surprise, he secretly celebrated, glad that the girl he liked wasn’t one to play games, otherwise he didn’t know how much more he would have to suffer.
"I want to know both, but let’s first talk about how you figured I liked you?"
Da Bao felt that although the little girl admitted she liked him directly, she was a tad shy. If he insisted on probing into her feelings in public, he might upset her.
Nuonuo moved her lips, just about to speak when she saw the waiter coming over with a tray. She covered her mouth and waited for the waiter to put down the juice and toast and walk away, then she pushed the toast in front of Da Bao, "Aren’t you hungry? Eat first."
Da Bao held her hand pushing the plate, smiling, "I’m not hungry, I’m just stirred up inside, wanting to know whether you prefer calling me Brother or Ji Yu."
Nuonuo rolled her eyes at him, pouting, "So lacking in promise."
Da Bao leaned his face over, gently nuzzling her cheek.
"Sweetheart, it’s not that I lack promise, I just don’t want to scare you. Alright, tell me, how did you figure it out?"
Nuonuo tilted her head, thinking slightly, "Actually, it’s not so much figuring it out. It’s just that after Mommy told me about my background story, I wasn’t too upset. I pondered over the matter for about two or three days, after which I kept thinking about you."
Da Bao was very curious, "Thinking about me? Thinking about what?" He had thought that for years he alone suffered in longing, yet it turned out this little girl wasn’t doing much better than him.
"Brother, you know? My biggest worry these three years was you having a girlfriend abroad behind our backs. I even secretly asked Little Treasure if you had a girlfriend after going abroad. Little Treasure assured me that you didn’t! I thought to myself, you are evidently very handsome and smart, and also tender and gentle, yet why haven’t you had a girlfriend all along? Upon learning that I wasn’t your biological sister, there was suddenly a feeling of enlightenment in me. One day, while thinking about it, my heart suddenly uttered a ’Oh... that’s why!’."
Da Bao’s lips slightly curved into a smile. It seemed the little girl wasn’t as slow as he had thought and figured it out just like that.
"My Si Han is really smart!" Da Bao rewarded Nuonuo with a peck.
"You’ve been good to me since childhood. Whether it’s family or outsiders, everyone acknowledges you as a good Brother. Even when you were at the age for having a girlfriend, you still didn’t have one by your side. In retrospect, your indulgence towards me seemed beyond what a brother would have towards a sister."
Nuonuo wasn’t foolish, she was just blinded by the sibling-like bond between them.
The pain and yearning she felt over the three years due to Brother’s departure indeed went beyond what a sister should have for a brother.
After knowing they weren’t blood-related, she finally found the true source for her suffering.
"I haven’t had feelings for anyone all these years, but I think we’re mutually affectionate!"
A sixteen-year-old girl had no doubts or hesitations about her feelings. Clearly, she had been thinking a lot recently.
Da Bao’s grip tightened, yearning to embed the person in his arms into his body. The feelings he had suppressed for so long were stirred up by Nuonuo’s straightforward words, driving him nearly crazy!
If this wasn’t the coffee lounge, if he weren’t afraid of scaring her, he might immediately pounce on her!
